Show #1687 1991-12-24 (taped 1991-10-01) Regular

Contestants

Paul Teplitz — a sales representative from Thousand Oaks, California

Melissa Ennis — a writer from Arlington, Virginia

Larry Dunn — an export manager from Northridge, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larry	$1,600	$1,900	$6,800	$7,000 2-day champion: $17,800	$6,500 22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Melissa	$2,100	$1,700	$3,100	$5 2nd place: Whirlpool no-frost side-by-side refrigerator with through-the-door ice & water dispensers + GoldStar model 7800 telephone & answering machine + the Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,100 16 R, 4 W
Paul	$200	$-700	$900	$1 3rd place: Panasonic family-sized microwave combination oven + Panasonic 13" color monitor receiver with remote + the Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$2,400 10 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOLOGY	SILENT MOVIES	THE BELLS	FEATHERED FRIENDS	A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS	MEDALS & DECORATIONS
$100 [6] Of a pebble, a cobble or a boulder, the smallest one a pebble Paul	$100 [11] For this title role, Lon Chaney wore a 40-pound hump & a 30-pound harness the Hunchback of Notre Dame Paul	$100 [23] The sound of a large bell, or the tax you may have to pay to ring it a toll Melissa	$100 [18] The feathers of most adult swan species are this color white Melissa	$100 [13] The poem's first 5 words, they're often mistaken for the title 'Twas the night before Christmas Larry	$100 [1] The Order of Isabella the Catholic Spain Larry
$200 [7] Peat is considered an early stage in the development of this fossil fuel coal Melissa	$200 [12] As a 5-year-old, Milton Berle made his film debut in "The Perils of" this heroine Pauline Melissa	$200 [24] Value of the U.S. bicentennial coin that featured the Liberty Bell $1 Larry Paul	$200 [19] Unlike most other diving birds, the grebe has lobed ones, not webbed ones feet Paul	$200 [14] "The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of" these "danced in their heads" sugar-plums Larry	$200 [2] The Most Noble Order of the Garter England Larry
$300 [8] Dormant for over 600 years, Mt. Pinatubo erupted in this Asian island country in 1991 the Philippines Melissa	$300 [27] The skyline of Manhattan inspired this 1927 Fritz Lang film about a futuristic society Metropolis Paul	$300 [25] It's a set of 23 or more tuned bells in a tower, rung by means of wires & levers or electricity a carillon Paul	$300 [20] The sacred ibis of Africa was revered by this ancient civilization & was a symbol of the god Thoth Egypt Larry	$300 [15] To rise up the chimney, St. Nick gave a nod & laid his finger aside this his nose Larry	$300 [3] The Order of the Grimaldi Monaco Larry
$400 [9] The mineral nephrite is 1 of the 2 types of this oriental gemstone jade Melissa	$400 [28] In this Civil War film, Buster Keaton played a Southern engineer whose locomotive is stolen by Union troops The General Larry	DD $500 [26] First line of the nursery rhyme about Little Johnny Green's crime Ding, dong, bell (pussy's in the well) Paul	$400 [21] Some of these woodpeckers are red- breasted & some of them are yellow-bellied sapsuckers Larry	$400 [16] "He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with" these 2 items ashes & soot Melissa	$400 [4] The Order of the Dannebrog Denmark Larry
$500 [10] Iron pyrite is sometimes called this from its resemblance to a precious metal fool's gold Melissa	$500 [29] She won the 1st Best Actress Oscar for roles in 3 films: "Sunrise", "Seventh Heaven" & "Street Angel" Janet Gaynor Paul	$500 [30] During a sailor's watch at sea the bells are rung at these intervals every half hour Melissa	$500 [22] Goatsuckers were so named because people once believed they sucked this from goats milk Larry Paul	$500 [17] This seminary teacher wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in 1822 as a Christmas piece for his children Clement Moore Larry Melissa	$500 [5] The Order of Christ the Vatican Melissa

Double Jeopardy! Round

CITIES	LITERATURE	20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES	CLASSICAL MUSIC	VOCABULARY	AMERICAN HISTORY
$200 [1] The Swiss National Museum is in this largest city, not the capital Zurich Larry Paul	$200 [3] He worked provisioning the Spanish Armada long before writing "Don Quixote" Cervantes Larry	$200 [9] A large moon crater is named for this cosmonaut who was the first man in space Yuri Gagarin Melissa	$200 [26] Wieland Wagner, grandson of this composer, was a great-grandson of Franz Liszt Richard Wagner Paul	$200 [10] It's the pounding & grinding tool that you expect to see in a mortar a pestle Melissa	$200 [11] The first one met in 1774 & demanded repeal of the Intolerable Acts the Continental Congress Larry
$400 [2] The name of this Scottish city on the Clyde means either "Green Glen" or "Dear Green Spot" Glasgow Melissa	$400 [4] This hero first appeared in J.M. Barrie's "The Little White Bird" Peter Pan Paul	$400 [21] Once an aide to Gen. MacArthur, he became Pres. Reagan's first Sec'y of State in 1981 Alexander Haig Larry	$400 [27] William Walton wrote pieces for the coronation of George VI in 1937 & hers in 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Larry	$400 [16] A color, or a verb meaning to put ashore on a desolate island maroon Melissa	$400 [12] 2 days after this president's heart attack Sept. 24, 1955, the N.Y. Stock Exchange lost $14 billion Eisenhower Melissa
$600 [5] Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister of this Asian city-state from its independence in 1965 to 1990 Singapore Larry	$800 [20] She borrowed the title of her "Ship of Fools" from a 15th century poem, "Das Narrenschiff" Katherine Anne Porter Melissa	$600 [22] A native of Northern Ireland, he's been called "The Man with the Golden Flute" James Galway Larry	$600 [28] This composer's last name means "beet garden" in Dutch Ludwig van Beethoven Larry	$600 [17] Despite its name, it's not a little wolf but a fur-bearing relative of the badger the wolverine Larry Melissa	$600 [13] At his peak in 1868, he had contractors in NYC pad their bills 85%, the proceeds going to his gang Boss Tweed Larry
$800 [6] About 350,000 Allied troops were evacuated from this city on the Strait of Dover in 1940 Dunkirk Larry	DD $1,000 [8] Jody Tiflin gets a red colt named Gabilan in a 1933 work by this author John Steinbeck Paul	$800 [23] At age 73 this developer of the first atomic-powered submarine was made a full admiral Hyman Rickover Larry	$800 [29] He has written a symphony & a violin concerto as well as music for "Star Wars" & "Jaws" (John) Williams Paul	$800 [18] It's a person involved in extortion, not someone who sells tennis equipment a racketeer	$1,000 [15] During the 1830s & '40s he reformed the educational system in Massachusetts Horace Mann Melissa
$1,000 [7] This city is Russia's largest Pacific port and capital of its maritime territory Vladivostok Paul	$1,000 [25] He wrote "Stage Door" with Edna Ferber & "You Can't Take It with You" with Moss Hart George S. Kaufman	$1,000 [24] He resigned as head of the AFL-CIO in 1979 & died two months later George Meany	$1,000 [30] Ottorino Respighi wrote symphonic poems about "The Pines" & "The Fountains" of this city Rome Larry	$1,000 [19] By definition, a person who is "piscivorous" eats this fish Melissa	DD $1,100 [14] In 1853 he was sent to buy land south of the Rio Grande but came back with a different purchase (James) Gadsden Larry

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC ROUTES

Also called the "Regina Viarum", Queen of Roads, it was named after the censor who started it

the Appian Way

Paul "What is ?" — wagered $899

Melissa "What was Claudius?" — wagered $3,095

Larry "What is the Apian Way?" — wagered $200

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